m("callista.com.au","Peter.Fuller");"> wrote:
What type of specimens are museums interested in? Only
rare or endangered birds?
I found a dead juvenile purple-crowned lorikeet a couple
of months ago on the side of the road in near perfect condition. Should i
have sent this to a museum?
Museum collections need to contain material from all taxa - extinct through
to common as muck. As David mentioned, many museums are trying to build
more comprehensive collections of skeletal specimens, as these are still
quite underdeveloped in most Australian collections. Badly damaged specimens
can also yield other useful material such as spread wing mounts. It's always
worthwhile contacting your state museum if you find a reasonably recoverable
dead bird.
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